Benfica have confirmed the £85million move of Darwin Nunez to Liverpool.
Reports say Liverpool have reached a deal to sign Uruguay striker Nunez with personal terms already ironed out
Benfica say a fee of 75m euros (£64m), rising to a potential 100m euros (£85m) with add-ons, has been agreed.
Nunez, 22, scored 34 times in 41 appearances across all competitions for Benfica last season.
Liverpool’s record transfer is the £75m paid to sign centre-back Virgil van Dijk from Southampton in 2018.
Premier League rivals Manchester United were reportedly also interested in signing Nunez, who cost Benfica 24m euros (£20.5m) when he signed from Spanish side Almeria in 2020.
Liverpool won the FA Cup and Carabao Cup last season – along with finishing as Premier League runners-up and losing in the Champions League final.
Portuguese 19-year-old Fabio Carvalho became Liverpool’s first signing of the summer transfer window in May, with the forward set to officially join from Fulham on 1 July.
The arrival of Nunez might signal the departure of Sadio Mane who has been pushing for a move away to Bayern Munich .